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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
by Steve Sheinkin
I enjoyed this book very much. Yes it is YA but I've read others of Sheinkin's YA books and they work well as history texts. YA length chapters and snippets but doesn't break up the flow that much.
For someone fairly well-versed in history, I sure didn't know half of the stuff that Jim Thorpe did.
I was obviously familiar with the terrible treatment of Native Americans, but didn't know that some parents chose to send their children to places like Carlisle. I also didn't know the pivotal role that Native Americans played in the history of American football or in the Olympics. Wish they would make a movie about his life and use actual Native Americans! Would be wonderful for high schools and junior high schools.
For someone fairly well-versed in history, I sure didn't know half of the stuff that Jim Thorpe did.
I was obviously familiar with the terrible treatment of Native Americans, but didn't know that some parents chose to send their children to places like Carlisle. I also didn't know the pivotal role that Native Americans played in the history of American football or in the Olympics. Wish they would make a movie about his life and use actual Native Americans! Would be wonderful for high schools and junior high schools.